Toy pin-board



W. LENCHARDH TOY PIN BOARD. APPLICATION men OCT. 17. 1919.

, PatentedSept. 7, 192 0.

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. IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY.

'UMTED stares renew .orrlcr.

WALTER LENCHARD, or oKE sronr, rE'NivsYLvANIA.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, l/VALTER LENOHARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mc- Keesport, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented,,new and useful Improvements in Toy Pin- Boards, of which the following isa specification. i r

This invention relates to games, and more particularly to a game of the pin board type. One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a game apparatus of the char- 7 invention; I

Fig. 2 is a side View of the same.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail section F ig. 4 is a fragmentarysectional taken substantially online 4-4 of Fig. 1. The apparatus includes a base or board 1 provided with a peripheral vertical. wall or flange 2 of sheet metal. A'bridge piece 3 extends across board 1 adjacent one end thereof and is provided in its upper-edge portion with a plurality of vertically disposed bores 4 which slidably receive plungers '5' normally held in depressed position by.

expansion-springs 6 positioned within the bores and confined between the plungers and a'cap strip 7 securedover the upper edge of bridge 3.} Plunger 5 presses upon a latch 8 pivoted at 9 for vertical movement in a slot 10 in the bridge. This latch carries a catch 11 which projects forwardly therefrom and is adapted to engage over a tongue 12 extending upwardly from a disk 13 provided at its bottom with spaced sleeves 14 by means of which it is pivotally attached to a setting rod 15 rockably supported by hinge leaves 16 secured to the front of bridge 3. A substantially U-shaped wire spring 17 is coiled about rod 15 adjacent the outer face of each of the sleeves 14, the bight portion of this Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. '7, 1920. Application filed October 17, 1919. Serial No. 331,435. r

spring passing inside'of disk 13 above the rod so'as to tend to rock the disk downwardly and outwardly from the bridge. The rod 15 extends'through wall or flange 2 and is provided with a rectangularly disposed setting arm 18' downward movement of which is positively limited by a stud 19 projecting from the flange. The rod is further provided with a plurality of upwardly directed arcuate setting fingers 20, these fingers being operable between the sleeves 14 of the disks.

The board is provided with a plurality of pins 21 which are arranged in rows trans versely of the board, the pins of the rows being relatively staggered. trough'or chute 22. is attached to the end of the board remote from bridge 3' and is so positioned as to discharge a ball rolled down the chute toward the forward or bridge end An inclined 3 ofthe' board. centrally thereof. This ball is r intended to roll between the pins21 so as to drop through any one of a plurality of open-.

ings 23 provided adjacent the inner faceof bridge 3 for this purpose, the board being supported in an inclined position by suitable 5 i supports 24, as in Fig; 2. When the ball drops through any one of the openings23, it strikes the inner end portion 25 of a trigger lever 26'pivoted midway its ends in aU- bracket 27 secured to the under face of board i;

1. The outer end portion 25 of lever 26 presses against the lower end of a trip rod 28 slidable in a vertical bore in bridge piece 3 which is coaxial with bore 4, the rod bearmg against the under surface of latch 8.- A

stop finger'29 carried by-lever 26 inwardly of the pivot thereof engages the under face of board 1 so as to provide apositive stop for limiting downward movement ofrod28.

When the ball -strikes'the inner portion'25 of the lever the outer end portion 25 is forced upwardly thus raising latch 8 through the medium of rod 28 and releasing disk '13 which is moved by spring 17 into a substantially horizontal position, in which position it is held by a finger 20. Each disk 13, when in'raised position, covers a number or other symbol' having an arbitrary value, and the player is credited with point in accordance with the particular disk which is released as the result of his playing. As will be uns derstood, certain of the spaces covered by the disks may be marked to indicate that the player is out thus losing his right to play. Also, of course, any desired values may be tion.

The disks or covers which have been released may be readily moved into, raised or operative position by rocking rod 15, the fingers 20 of. which are in engagement with these disks serving to rock the same with the rod into vertical position so as to be engaged by the catches 11 and releasably held thereby. The rod 15 acts in this manner as a pintle for supporting the various disks and also, together with the fingers 20, provides means for positively limiting downward and outward movement of the disks and for raising the same into vertical or set position.

What I claim is:

1. In a game apparatus, a board provided with a plurality of openings for'passage of a game piece, a bridge member, a plurality of disks pivotally mounted adjacent said bridge member for movement toward and away from the same, means for releasably securing said disks in raised position, means actuatable by a game piece passing through said openings for releasing said disks,v and means for pivotally supporting the disks and'for returning the same to raised posi- 2. In a game apparatus, a board having a plurality of openings for passage of a game piece, a bridge piece carried by said board, a plurality of disks positioned adjacent the bridge piece, means for releasably holding said disks in raised position, means for pivotally supporting the disks for movement toward and away from the bridge piece and for positively limiting downward movement of the disks when released and returning the board, a plurality of disks mounted upon said rod adjacent one face of the bridge and movable into parallelism with and closely adjacent thereto, a plurality of setting fingers carried by the rod and positioned for contact with the disks for moving the same I intoposition adjacent the bridge when the rod is rocked toward said bridge, means for releasably securing the disks in raised positlon, and means actuatable by passage of a game piece through the openings for releasing said disks.

4:. In agame apparatus, a board provided with a plurality of openings for passage of a game piece, a bridge piece extending transversely of the board adjacent said openings, a' rod rockably mounted upon said bridge piece, disks pivotally attached to said rod so as to be movable toward and away from the bridge piece, spring pressed catches for engaging the upper portions of said disks for releasably holding the same in raised position, rods slidable through the bridge'and engaging beneath said catches, trip levers pivotally suspended beneath the board and having their inner end portions projecting beneath said openings and their outer end portions in contact with the lower ends of said rods, vupward movement of the inner end portions of said levers being positively limited, and

a plurality of setting fingers projecting from said rod and positioned for contact with the respective disks when the rod is rocked toward the bridge for raising said disks.

5. In a game apparatus, a board provided with a plurality of openings for passage of a game piece, a bridge piece extending transversely of the board adjacent said openings, a rod rockably mounted upon said bridge piece, disks pivotally attached to said rod so as to be movable toward and away from the bridge piece, springs pressed catches for engaging the upper portions of said disks for releasably holding the same in raised position, rods slidable through the bridge and engaging beneath said catches, trip levers pivotally suspended beneath the board and having their inner end portions projecting beneath said openings and their outer end portions in contact with the lower ends of said rods, upward movement of the inner 3;

end portions of said levers being positively limited, and a plurality of setting fingers projecting from said rod andpositioned for contact with the respective disks when the rod is rocked toward the bridge'for raising.

said disks, and'means for turning said rod thereof in a direction away from the bridge. I

In testimony whereofI afi ixmy signature.

WALTER LENCHARD. 

